NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX76FUQ08
Registry · N30DD
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-6A
Year of manufacture
1992
Engine
LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19920817
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A31D48
Registrant of record
REGENSTEIN JACOB
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Historical record (pre-1982)
NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.
Aircraft
CHASE C-101 · N30DD
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
D
Airport
INYOKERN
Kind of flying
DF
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
260° / 5 kt
Temp
90° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000001
Total time
62 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,200
Age
45
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
P DRG SPIN RECOVERY. 3 LEG COMPETITION FLT.
Investigator remarks
STALLED WHILE PHOTOGRAPHING ARPT. IN-FLT BREAK U
Cause factors
- 64/C/08 C PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause
- 64/C/16 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause
- 64/B/09 B PILOT IN COMMAND EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT
- 88/K/49 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT Joint factor
Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
3 2142.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_2142.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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